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General Information
Bridgewater is an inner city primary school. The school was
formed when a variety of settings in the local area, including
Delaval Community School, Valley View Nursery School and
Armstrong Road Community Nursery merged in September 2006
to form Bridgewater Centre. Bridgewater caters for children from
birth to 11 and their families.
There are a growing proportion of pupils with English as an
additional language and currently these children speak a range
of languages but mainly Polish, Czech or Slovakian as their
home language. We have a growing number of other languages
too.
Bridgewater has a range of community facilities which consist of
a family learning suite which also houses wrap around provision;
specialist teaching areas such as a music room, art and
technology room, a sensory room and a multimedia suite. These
facilities enable us to deliver a range of activities some of which
are specialised.
Our 4 mini buses support curriculum activities and our Breakfast
Club.
The grounds provide large play areas, safety surfaces for
climbing equipment, trim trails and well developed outdoor
curriculum areas including an allotment, orchard and wildlife area
for our forest school. Play is extremely important for our children
and to demonstrate our commitment we are a registered OPAL
school. You can find out more about this on our website.
The immediate area surrounding the school is almost entirely
residential; homes are rented from Your Homes Newcastle or
from private landlords. This area is part of Newcastle’s inner
city re-generation project with ‘The Rise’ offering private and
affordable houses.
The school is almost full and from September 2018 has been two
form entry from Nursery to Year 6. We also have provision for 50
places in our 0 - 3 setting.
In 2013 the school was inspected by OFSTED and judged
Outstanding in every area.
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